"It's midsummer in British Columbia, and it's murderously hot. For the vacationing Karl Alberg, that becomes more than a metaphor when he discovers a body on the beach, fresh from a fatal plunge into the icy, all-too-appealing waves. Back home in the town of Sechelt, where Alberg is the chief of police, it's clear that the heat is bringing out the crazies, most recently in the form of a tribe of violent rednecks who are loony enough to make Alberg yearn a little for his days as a big-city cop"--Cover.